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Lost at 15, Found at 50: Travel, trials & tribulations in foreign lands


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  • Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Creative Nonfiction)
    Winner of the Readers' Favourite 2020 (English)

    From the Soviet Union’s lron Curtain to Burma’s Bamboo Curtain and Sikkim to Seoul, this autobiography follows the journey of a young girl whose life was a cross-continental rollercoaster ride.

    By the time she was fifteen, Ashwini Devare had lived in six countries. Her globetrotting life continued when she became a journalist, and her story culminates in the tropical foliage of Singapore.

    With a front row seat to political developments and upheavals around the world, Devare chronicles a lifetime of nomadic living: Moscow at the height of the Cold War, a far-right Switzerland pushing to limit immigration, America mired in the Vietnam War, Sikkim in the midst of a pro-democracy movement that would overthrow the monarchy, India during turbulent times and South Korea, where student demonstrations convulsed the country.

    This book is a vibrant reflection by a singular voice on adventure, identity and courage.

ISBN: 9789814828826
Cover Type: Paperback
Page Count: 240
Year Published: 2018
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